So I like cutscene watching. But Raubahn's face...

[Dualblade]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...809-27-2012%29

While maybe not the exact one Fenral was reffering too, they do mention what they would want to do for the first expansion, mentioning both Ishgard (which obviously is happening) and Ala Mhigo there. While I doubt we will go there this expansion, it probably is being seriously considered for the next one. Its near the end of the questions, time being 1:21:34 video wise.

As for the Mhigans themselves, this isn't the first game in FF to have a character use their homeland as justification for what they do. FFXII comes to mind for me.

[Frederick22]

I cant wait for the day we set a foot on the Garlean Empire's capital city. I know that day is still reallly far away

[LystAP]

It's the homeland of a lot of the down and out people in the Realm, a lot of the people who once called Ala Mhigo home, have turned to crime in order to survive, in order to justify this to themselves, they claim it is for the good of Ala Mhigo, they blame Ul'dah and the rest of the Alliance for not doing a better job protecting Ala Mhigo, it's not so much that Ala Mhigo justifies anything, it's that its used as a reason. As for Raubahn and Ilberd, they're long time friends, they lost Ala Mhigo, and unlike Ilberd, Raubahn made something of himself, in the eyes of some Ala Mhigans, they probably saw this as him turning his back on the homeland.

To be honest, given the historical context behind Ala' Mhigo, I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't just as kill happy BEFORE the Garleans came. As noted with the Autumn War, which was the impetus for the formation of the original Alliance, as well as Ala Mhigo's status as a marital nation (which would require enemies to fight, if not to sustain their war-like culture); in the end, despite their martial pride, the Garleans turned out to be the superior military power.

[Felis]

As for the rest... chalk it up to the Ala Mhigans being kind of belligerent in general. I forget the name of it but during the Sixth Astral Era the rest of the Eorzean Alliance (Ishgard included) had to wage a war against Ala Mhigo. They've also been occupied by Garlean forces for 15+ years.

The Autumn War, where Ala Mhigo attacked the Twelveswood.

In the midst of the Sixth Astral Era, a pact with the elementals of the Twelveswood allowed the Hyur and Elezen inhabitants of the underground city of Gelmorra to finally return to the forest above, and the nation of Gridania was born. During that same period, the warring tribes of Gyr Abania were brought together as one and the Highlander nation of Ala Mhigo was established. However, as both countries matured over the following centuries, these neighbors would not remain at peace.

About eight decades ago (around the year 1500 of the Sixth Astral Era), the reigning monarch of Ala Mhigo, King Manfred, attempted to expand his nation's influence by launching a series of large-scale campaigns into the Twelveswood. Unwilling to tolerate this intrusion, Gridania rallied its defenses, appointing the renowned lancer Vainchelon commander of its forces. The enemy general, Gylbarde, was a believer in the Fist of Rhalgr and enjoyed great popularity among the Ala Mhigans. Morale was high on both sides as the armies met on the Firesand Banks in stalemate. Though no victor emerged, Vainchelon suddenly took violently ill. He planned to fall back to land familiar to the Gridanians and ambush the Ala Mhigans as they gave chase, but died before his intentions could manifest.

Eager to prove himself to the Seedseers, Vainchelon's successor, Osbern, ordered an ambitious frontal assault on the Ala Mhigan position, but the Gridanian forces were decimated in a series of crippling defeats as Gylbarde saw through one inexperienced tactic after another. Realizing that the Ala Mhigans would be on their borders and hungry for more land should they take the Black Shroud so easily, Ishgard enlisted the aid of Ul'dah and Limsa Lominsa, uniting with Gridania to repel Gylbarde's forces. Owing to the might of this alliance, the Autumn War ended as quickly as it began, and the city-states returned to ambivalent peace. Borders were drawn and treaties signed as the city-states agreed to mutual independence on the condition that the rise of one over the others would not be tolerated.

[myahele]

I tend to forget that Ala Mhigo was a military nation and the most powerful nation in Eorzea before its fall. I wonder if all the nations had a feeling of uneasiness just i case they tried to invade again?

[myahele]

Raubahn's face:

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Raubahn's face:

After seeing someone make a comparison to him with the wrestler Triple H, that's all I can think about now! Even that snapshot looks like something from the WWE.

[Theodric]

Ala Mhigo strikes me as being quite the cesspit. It's basically another Ul'dah.

[Aryalandi]

Ul'dah is not the problem, its mostly just the syndicate that needs to go, if not for the more power hungry greedy scum high up the ladder Ul'dah would be a great place, just look at the guild masters, the blood sands... the sultana... Raubahn is there, not to mention its adventuring guild and markets are about 10 feet apart which is awesome..

[VargasVermillion]

You can't really blame the rest of the city states for not having a big care for Ala-mhigo, as like their conquerors they attempted to invade the other city states (while simultaneously repelling Garlean invasion) most notably Gridania. It got to the point that Gridania got assistance from the other city states including Ishgard of all places to repel the Ala-mhigans. So the animosity isn't just from refugees being annoying, People just dislike Ala-mhigo due to their history with them. So from Ul'dahs perspective you have people from an enemy nation coming in and demanding refuge, I'm surprised they even let them come as they have.

This also explains why Ala-mhigo's sigil isn't grouped with the others on the eorzean map even though it was an eorzean state.